GONZALES-SAN JUAN FARM-TO-MARKET ROAD. World Bank and Department of Agriculture officials share light moments during their onsite inspection of the Gonzales-San Juan farm-to-market road in Umingan Pangasinan first week of June 2019. (Photo courtesy of Provincial Government of Pangasinan's facebook page)
UMINGAN, Pangasinan -- Some 13,194 residents of six barangays in this town are now enjoying better quality of road with the rehabilitation of the 10.63-kilometer Gonzales-San Juan farm-to-market road under the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRPD).
Provincial Engineer Antonieta delos Santos said the 10-meter wide road project benefits residents of barangays Gonzales, Prado, Casillan, Luna Weste, Concepcion, and San Juan.
“The road area used to be of gravel but now it is smooth making travel of residents and transport of their goods easier and more comfortable,” she said in an interview Friday.
Delos Santos noted the road rehabilitation started last quarter of 2017, and was 73 percent completed as of May 31 this year.
She said the remaining four-kilometer portion of the project is expected to be finished soon as the construction continues even during rainy season provided the weather permits.
Delos Santos said the PHP118.67-million road rehabilitation project is funded by the World Bank, the national government through the Department of Agriculture (DA), and the provincial government of Pangasinan.
The World Bank is funding PHP89 million or 80 percent of the total project cost, the provincial government is financing PHP18.547 million, while the DA’s counterpart can reach PHP11.127 million, she added. (PNA)
